NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

The default signal for skill is TERM. Use -l or -L to list available
signals. Particularly useful signals include HUP, INT, KILL, STOP,
CONT, and 0. Alternate signals may be specified in three ways: -9
-SIGKILL -KILL.
The default priority for snice is +4. (snice +4 ...) Priority numbers
range from +20 (slowest) to -20 (fastest). Negative priority numbers
are restricted to administrative users.

GENERAL OPTIONS

-f fast mode This is not currently useful.
-i interactive use You will be asked to approve each
action.
-v verbose output Display information about selected
processes.
-w warnings enabled This is not currently useful.
-n no action This only displays the process ID.
-V show version Displays version of program.

PROCESS SELECTION OPTIONS

Selection criteria can be: terminal, user, pid, command. The options
below may be used to ensure correct interpretation. Do not blame
Albert for this interesting interface.
-t The next argument is a terminal (tty or pty).
-u The next argument is a username.
-p The next argument is a process ID number.
-c The next argument is a command name.

SEE ALSO

killall(1)pkill(1)kill(1)renice(1)nice(1)signal(7)kill(2)

STANDARDS

No standards apply.

AUTHOR

Albert Cahalan <albert@users.sf.net> wrote skill and snice in 1999 as a
replacement for a non-free version, and is the current maintainer of
the procps collection. Please send bug reports to <procps-feed-
back@lists.sf.net>.
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